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Subject: Trump's State of the Union Sat Feb 01, 2020 5:14 pm
2020/01/31
Rescind Trump's State of the Union invitation. The House must not be complicit in this corruption
The House of Representatives cannot go along with the Senate anointing of Trump as something above the law, and above his oath and theirs.
The House must rescind their invitation for Trump to give next week's State of the Union address from their chamber.
Donald Trump betrayed our democracy for an act of personal gain; he does not deserve the dignity of entering that chamber. He can perform his duty via letter, or from the White House’s own cameras. The House cannot allow the man of 15,000 lies to use their borrowed dignity to condemn our very rule of law, as he will, and further his attacks on his American enemies, which he will, and sneer in the face of those that believed he, like all past presidents, was governed by bounds over which he could not step. As he will.
If the Senate wants to celebrate their new king, let the Senate host him. Let the Senate cameras, locked in place for the "trial" lest they stray onto fidget-spinning senators or empty Republican chairs, broadcast his betrayals. The House must have no part of it. The invitation is a privilege, not a right. It reflects the goodwill of the House, not their fealty to him.
The House must cancel. The "president" remains impeached, and has been proven corrupt to sufficient degree as to require his Republican allies to adopt the new and authoritarian position that the president's power to do such acts can no longer be checked. Refuse to allow the corrupt man to use the House, at least, to further his own agendas. If the Senate believes him a king, the Senate can host his coronation.
Sign the Petition to Nancy Pelosi: Revoke Trump’s invitation to the State of the Union. The House must not be complicit in his corruption.
Grackle
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Subject: Re: Trump's State of the Union Sat Feb 01, 2020 5:54 pm
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The House must rescind their invitation for Trump to give next week's State of the Union address from their chamber.
Didn't the do-nothing-democrats do that the last time? ...haha ...big fuk'n deal ..I imagine they'll find someplace to hold it, just like last time before Pelosi changed her mind.. Fuck the democrats
{-snipped the incessant whining about the bad orange man-}
The Wise And Powerful Admin
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Subject: Re: Trump's State of the Union Sat Feb 01, 2020 5:55 pm
Subject: Re: Trump's State of the Union Sat Feb 01, 2020 6:23 pm
Its all just more fuel to voting out of trump and his senate,, the blue wave that overwhelming took the house back is nothing in comparison to the tsunami that's building.
Grackle
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Subject: Re: Trump's State of the Union Sat Feb 01, 2020 9:10 pm
Subject: Re: Trump's State of the Union Sat Feb 01, 2020 9:42 pm
If the Senate wants to celebrate their new king, let the Senate host him. Let the Senate cameras, locked in place for the "trial" lest they stray onto fidget-spinning senators or empty Republican chairs, broadcast his betrayals.
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Subject: Re: Trump's State of the Union Sat Feb 01, 2020 9:45 pm
Subject: Re: Trump's State of the Union Sun Feb 02, 2020 5:38 pm
The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. . . . Power is not a means; it is an end . . . . not power over things, but over men. . . . In our world there will be no emotions except fear, rage, triumph, and self-abasement. . . . There will be no loyalty, except loyalty toward the Party.... Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever. ---- 1984
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Subject: Here Are The Hard Numbers That Show Trump’s Economy Failing-- Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:42 pm
Published 10 hours ago on February 3, 2020
Here are the hard numbers that show Trump’s economy is nothing to brag about
At Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, Donald Trump will surely claim he has created a great economy. Trump will try to lower expectations, hoping people forget his towering 2016 claims and promises. My spring 2019 analysis of Trump economic performance was a grade of C , average.
Yet Team Trump claims it is doing just great. “United States GDP Growth Continues Exceeding Expectations” was the headline on a Jan. 30 White House announcement.
So, what are the facts? Here are some hard numbers to judge Trump claims against reality.
Gross Domestic Product growth in the last quarter of 2019 was 2.1%. For the entire year, it was 2.3%. That means economic growth slowed.
That’s nothing to brag about. The average growth rate since 1947 has been 3.2%.
Voters should remember Trump promised if elected that he would blow away the performances of predecessor Barack Obama and others.
Here’s Trump in September 2016 on GDP growth: “We are looking at a 3% but we think it could be 5 (%) or even 6 (%). We are going to have growth that will be tremendous.”
During the final presidential debate a month later Trump promised that if elected, “We’re bringing it (economic growth) from 1% up to 4%, and I actually think we an go higher than 4%. I think you can go to 5% or 6%.”
And how about jobs growth. Trump promised jobs galore. Under Trump, jobs growth slowed significantly.
Obama inherited a collapsing economy. Three million jobs vanished in the first four months of 2009. That awful trend reversed in October 2010 when the economy began growing jobs in an unbroken chain since.
From then through January 2017, Obama’s last month in office, jobs averaged 201,600 per month.
Trump, from February 2017 to the end of 2019, averaged just 191,100. That’s 5% less per month.
Another White House announcement boasted that last year showed an average of 176,000 new jobs per month. That’s 25,000 fewer jobs added each month than under Obama, a decline of almost 13%.
So much for exceeding expectations.
Wages have increased. But that apparently is due to local and state increases in the minimum wage.
The federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour was set in July 2009. Inflation has eroded its value to about $6 per hour today.
Trump has said he may, possibly, perhaps, someday consider increasing the minimum wage. Trump’s chief economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, calls the minimum wage “a terrible idea.”
Soybeans Shrivel and Farms Go Bust
How’s it going for soybean farmers since Trump’s gratuitous trade war promoted China to buy soybeans from Brazil?
Farm bankruptcies increased by 20% in 2019 compared with 2018, data released by federal courts last week showed.
Family farm bankruptcies, known as Chapter 12 filings, have been on the rise since 2015. But remember Trump promised to improve the lots of America’s farmers, not make them worse.
Trump’s trade war with China has created a boom for Brazilian soybean farmers. Soybeans are America’s second most valuable crop, worth $39 billion in 2018, right behind corn at $51 billion.
In 2019 China grew more than 17 million tons of soybeans, about a third of its consumption. China has started expanding soybean production, which it could quickly multiply. Afterall, the can-do spirit thrives in China, which just built a hospital for Coronavirus patients in 10 days. Ten days.
Should Beijing decide to further expand its soybean farms then American farmers will have permanently lost sales. In turn, American farm incomes will shrink.
To provide cover for his trade war Trump is giving American soybeans farmers $28 billion of taxpayer money. About $19 billion has already been turned over. Don’t expect Trump to mention this Farm Belt welfare as what it is, socialism, and a burden for all taxpayers.
Then there’s the Trump/Radical GOP tax law adopted in December 2017. It slashed the corporate tax rate 40%. The lowered individual rates heavily favor the richest Americans.
That law was, Trump claimed, going to spur a massive increase in domestic capital investment, which is a key to more jobs.
After a brief increase in domestic capital investment in 2018, it has fallen back to previous levels. In other words, the Trump tax cut did not do what Trump promised.
Trump also promised voters he could pay off the federal government’s debt if he got two terms. Instead he already has pushed annual budget deficits back to the trillion-dollar level.
So, as you watch, listen to or read about Trump’s Tuesday night address to Congress, ask yourself if what Trump says is fact or fiction.
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Subject: Re: Trump's State of the Union Mon Feb 03, 2020 11:56 pm
Trump To Deliver State Of The Union In Scuba Gear To Avoid Drowning In Liberal Tears February 3rd, 2020
WASHINGTON D.C.—After completely mopping the floor with the snowflake libs on the Senate floor, the Trump administration fears that he is at high risk of drowning in a literal tidal wave of liberal tears during Tuesday's State of the Union address.
"The risk for liberal tear downpour is always high any time Trump speaks," said climatologist Dr. Herbert Thwayne. "But under these conditions, the risk is driven up exponentially. Not only is there going to be a record amount of crying like a bunch of babies, but the melting snowflakes are going to cause a rapid rise in the sea level. It's smart for the president to take any precautions necessary."
For the general public, Weather scientists recommend staying indoors on Tuesday and for families located in blue states to wear life vests on Tuesday night.
Subject: Re: Trump's State of the Union Tue Feb 04, 2020 12:30 am
trump should deliver his speech in a straight jacket and an appointed dem with a tranquillizer gun.. Trump is sure to overdo his snorting of Adderall and sniffin through the speach..
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Subject: Re: Trump's State of the Union Tue Feb 04, 2020 9:31 pm
Subject: Re: Trump's State of the Union Tue Feb 04, 2020 9:33 pm
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Subject: Re: Trump's State of the Union Tue Feb 04, 2020 9:37 pm
Nancy Pelosi tears up Trump's speech script behind him
The Wise And Powerful Admin
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Subject: Re: Trump's State of the Union Tue Feb 04, 2020 9:38 pm
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Subject: Re: Trump's State of the Union Tue Feb 04, 2020 9:54 pm
The Wise And Powerful wrote:
Nancy Pelosi tears up Trump's speech script behind him
AHAA! The Queen was badly snubbed by trump- she extended her hand for a handshake and pouty trump snubbed her , openly, Nancy tore up his marketing speech.. Good play, Nancy !
trump is an Impeached president he didn't belong in the house she was gracious to allow him into her house to speak.
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Subject: Re: Trump's State of the Union Tue Feb 04, 2020 11:54 pm
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